Overview
- A KSRTC bus struck a motorcycle near Konnur in Gokak taluk, Belagavi district, killing three people who were on the bike.
- Police identified the dead as Saif Mulla (29), his four-year-old daughter Siza Mulla, and Imtiyaz Badgaon (35).
- The motorcycle had just left Forbes School at Gokak Falls and carried two adults and two children when the collision occurred.
- A second child, Jihan Shahrukh Kudachikar, was critically injured and taken to a private hospital for treatment.
- Officers registered a case and are investigating after reports that the bus driver abandoned the vehicle; the probe will seek to establish fault and any criminal liability.